Assume that two groups of participants are pursuing a course with forced curve grading. Group A wants to maximize its grades while B wants to maximize its learning. Both the groups will pursue their objectives when the expected benefits are greater than costs.
Case 1(C1): Participants decide not to study => Good grades, minimum effort. A groups objective is achieved.
Case 2(C2): Participants decide to study very hard => maximize learning. Group B gets good grades with effort. B group’s objective is achieved.
What is likely to happen?
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This appears to be a problem on the very popular game theory. There are no short cuts to success. So even if the group gets good grades, in the long term its the learning that matters most. It will be interesting to see which group gives in and the reasons for the same.
Nothing of the above will happen... one who wants to maximize grades will study,
one who wants to maximize learning will not bother about grades
one who does not want to maximize grades nor learning, will try to enjoy his time.
As showing teeth is not the only indicator of happiness,similarly getting good grades is also not the exact indicator of learning.
Govind has rightly said that in the long run only the learning will matter.
Abraham Lincoln,former president of US said-"You can make fool some of the people all of the time,all the people some of the time but can't make fool all the people all of the time."
This depends on the person's requirements. if he wants to satisfy his short term goals of just scoring grades, he may loose in the long run and ones to magnify their goals in the long run, cant get bothered about these shorter versions of problems
Ankit Gupta
30063
how certain is that one identifies one's goals on the requirements(seems too shortsighted here)
It is a tendency of a person to be motivated by the forces around him. Group to which he belongs, shape his thought to great extent, when one joins group B, one gets a chance to widen ones horizon as the "selfless utilitarians" guide him.
thus making him a part of the group in meantime.
and when is not trying to maximize anything, he is following lateral non cooperation which is only harming him. is it right?
Govind Kumar Rai
P30080
May be, he is not harming himself.
There is a possibility of third group existing, which tries to make a balance between the both the learning and the grades. Learning is important in life and will matter in long run. But at the same time it is essential to score a minimum grade to scale through the different level in our educational system.
What is your opinion about this ??
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